The Young Turks, $500,000 Into $2 Million Goal, Add Nomiki Konst And Shaun King

Digital news outlet The Young Turks (TYT) is trying to raise two million dollars to fund the creation of four new investigative journalism teams, and with three weeks left before that crowdfunding campaign’s Inauguration Day deadline, it has passed the $500,000 mark. To celebrate that milestone, The Young Turks has announced two new hires to its team: Nomiki Konst has joined the progressive-leaning network as an investigative reporter, while Shaun King has come on as a commentator.

Konst is a political activist who hosts her own show on SiriusXM radio. In an introductory chat with Young Turks co-founder Cenk Uygur, she praised the efforts of TYT’s first journalist hire, Jordan Chariton, who has reported from newsworthy locations like Flint and Standing Rock. As the next addition to TYT’s investigative team, Konst will add to Chariton’s work with some of her own.

King, for those who keep in touch with political discussions on platforms like Twitter, may be a familiar face. He has more than 552,000 followers on his personal account and has turned heads with his writings on race, which have appeared in the New York Daily News and other publications. Here is one section of TYT’s interview with him from earlier this year.

With these two hires, TYT will be able to cover many more of the outsider, anti-establishment stories that interest its consumers. To see who else the network has lined up as potential additions to its team, keep contributing to its crowdfunding campaign, which will run until January 20th.